2012 was filled with some heart ache. April brought Kiah a devastating injury. Our plans of herding and flyball and showing for the summer were put on hold while she recovered from a severe tear of two muscles in her neck/shoulder area. We were not given good prognosis for this injury with out comes of life long limps thrown around and one of a few dogs who has ever injured these muscles so severely world wide. A huge thank you to Dr Cook (Frontier Vet) and Dr. Pinto (WCVM) who helped with diagnosis and Kiah's recovery. We lucked out however and Kiah's personality showed what a great dog she is as she was a stellar patient. Three months after her injury was she not only well healed she entered back into the show ring and by September she finished her Championship (CKC) handled by myself. September brought Kiah off of restrictions and she is back to playing and running.
2012 was a huge year for Bella. Bella showed off her stuff in the obedience and rally ring. Bella and I have been learning this stuff as we go. A few lessons years ago for me, help from friends and thank you Youtube for helping me figure out some of the signs. We took advantage of the drop in Rally practices at Paws N Train and then hit the trial ring. Between May and September Bella completed three titles- CD (Obedience Novice- CKC) RN (Rally Novice-CKC) and CRN (Rally Novice-CARO). She achieved 5 high in trial/classes. Bella also did her first set of Agility classes and absolutely loved it. We hope to do more in the future.
A thank you to all of our clients, friends and family who supported me and the kids with the dogs over the last year.
2013 brings exciting plans. We're going to continue herding with Hush and hopefully will be ready for a trial come summer. We're finalizing plans for a litter of Standard Poodles with Bella for spring/summer 2013. Kiah is doing obedience/rally classes with Jillian and will hopefully get into the ring with her this year.
Krystl
